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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1968
Page
6
Eight hundred attendees braved threatening weather to enjoy Middletown Symphony Orchestra in its first major appearance outside the city at Murray Seasongood Pavilion Eden Park Cincinnati.
Lt Col William A. Hermann of Cincinnati a 25 year veteran and CGSC and Defense Information School graduate will address the Ohio State Association of Soldier Relief Commissions banquet at Manchester Motor Inn on Forces for Freedom. Hermann commands 478th Engineer Battalion and heads the Army Speakers Bureau while serving as a regional IRS analyst. His talk will precede a weekend event featuring civil defense activity and a military civic program.
Police report two thefts from residences. A car battery valued at 30 was taken from James Brown at 1332 Woolawn Ave. A power drill worth 500 was stolen from the rear of W. E. Jones’s truck at 1616 Meadow Ave.
Four people were injured in two Middletown accidents yesterday. None were admitted to Middletown Hospital. Damage to five cars totaled 1950 dollars. In the Grand Avenue Gideon Road crash three cars collided at 2 45 p m injuring Olive Henry 70 Myrtle Henry 70 and Allen Hunter 65. Henry was cited for failure to yield after hitting the gas pedal instead of the brake. A second crash left a two year old girl with a cut above her right eye. Susie Beasley was cited for failure to yield as her car turned left into the path of Frank Gaston Jr. Damage in that incident was 200 dollars.
A psychiatry program starts June 22 at 2501 Cincinnati Dayton Road Middletown Ohio. The new service aims to expand mental health care access for residents seeking evaluation therapy and treatment plans.
James E. Long 66 formerly of Middletown died Thursday at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Survived by wife Kathryn and son James Jr. Funeral 11 a.m. tomorrow at Kleb Ihlendorf Norwood. burial Woodside Cemetery Middletown. Charles Kent Sr 82 of 410 McKinley St. died Friday. Masonic service 7:30 p.m. today at McCoy Leffler. Private funeral and Woodside Cemetery burial. no visitation. Ruth and family survivors listed.
A fire at 3800 Manchester Road Fenwick High School injures Tom O Flynn 17 of 503 Ross Street Franklin with an injured leg after jumping from a truck at 1152 am. In another incident Gilbert Fletcher 35 of 1401 Fairmount Avenue is treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital after a fall at home.
Firefighters reported a fire at an unnumbered apartment house on Wilson Drive at 5 30 p m yesterday causing about 200 dollars in damage. The blaze started on an enclosed porch and burned into a wall. Owner is Bill y Stivers, with the same address. Cause remains unknown tonight.
Ezzat Abdel Fettah a 39 year old Egyptian lawyer earned the University of Montreal eight year old criminology department its first doctoral degree. His PhD thesis analyzed factors in victim selection in theft related murder cases and covered 50 robbery murders in Austria from 1950 to 1962.
Clemmon D. Ellison, 61, of 4517 Hannah Drive, remained in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after injuries from a car crash on Greentree Road Thursday.
In Franklin County Twin Creek search drags on for Millard Birch, 40, of Oregonia presumed drowned after a truck crash at Franklin Trenton and Franklin Madison roads. Rescue crews led by Capt. Roy Wallace and Deputy Robert Head, hindered by high water, debris, and brush, probing creek banks toward the Great Miami River.
Carlisle keynote speaker John Noble, a 16 year Soviet prisoner, warned OCCL attendees that youth drifting toward Communism mirrors a failing American system. He cited factory seizures, brutal labor camps, and widespread oppression, urging faith, hard work, and constitutional study to preserve freedom.
An 18 year old Gary Smith of 2017 Shaker youth was bound over to the Road for disorderly conduct. Warren County Grand Jury had charges of grand larceny malicious destruction of property and burglary by Judge J T Riley of municipal court here. Rodney Reffitt 18 of 406 Gideon Road Middletown was fined 25 dollars each on charges of a safe vehicle and reckless operation. David Proffit 804 S River THREE PERSONS were fined Lt had bond set at 1000 dollars on 25. They were Roger Hall 19 charged with Dayton no license Robert Smith 40 Hamilton improper 12 E Sixth St on May 23. In another case Steve Baker 25 Miamisburg was given three days in jail and fined 250 dollars on charges of driving while intoxicated He was fined an additional 100 dollars on charges of driving while under suspension. Fined 50 dollars for reckless operation was James Allen 20 of 8651 Sue Ave and David Smith 35 of 116 Ellenridge Drive no 20 Lebanon Also fined 50 dollars was James Nipsner 40 of 7386 Clark St defective exhaust 47 of 221 Sutphin St Middletown improper passing Luke Clark 41 Xenia improper passing and Ralph Smith 51 of 510 S River St left of center 302 Burton Road reckless operation Robert Smith 22 of 126 S River St left of center James Grimsley 46 Dayton changing lanes and Seymore Sizemore 54 of 5254 Robinson Vail Road failure to yield
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